ISBN: 9781897784884

Oscar Slater, a disreputable German immigrant, living on the fringe of the Glaswegian underworld and off the proceeds of gambling and prostitution, was sentenced to death in 1909 for the … Mehr…

Oscar Slater, a disreputable German immigrant, living on the fringe of the Glaswegian underworld and off the proceeds of gambling and prostitution, was sentenced to death in 1909 for the brutal murder of Marion Gilchrist, a rich spinster who lived with a secret hoard of precious jewels hidden in her wardrobe in Edwardian Glasgow's fashionable West Princes Street. Slater, travelling with his mistress under a false name, was tracked down and arrested in New York. Extradited and tried in Edinburgh, he actually heard the gallows being erected for him, but he was reprieved at the eleventh hour and spent the next 18 years in the granite fortress of Peterhead prison, ceaselessly protesting his innocence. Arthur Conan Doyle, turned real-life Sherlock Holmes, eventually managed to get the unjust conviction quashed and since then argument has raged over who really was responsible for the murder of Marion Gilchrist. One name - that of a respectable Glasgow doctor - has been a constantly whispered 'open secret'. Accused too, was Miss Gilchrist's nephew. Neither was the true killer. So whodunnit? Based upon false information and the too-ready acceptance of recently honoured Detective Lieutenant Trench's 'investigations', ALL previous books on the case have got it wrong. This new book stands the whole case on its head¿and offers a new solution. This new book: Reveals a new picture of Detective John Trench, Exposes the untold story of the secret suspect Dr Francis Charteris, Tells the truth about the secret life of Marion Gilchrist, Exposes the great Empire News fake, Shows how far short of his creation, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fell, Reveals who Helen Lambie really accused of the murder, Names the 'stranger' whom the witness Arthur Adams saw in Miss Gilchrist's hall, Puts into a true perspective the importance of Miss Gilchrist's will Oscar Slater Murder Story Richard Whittington-Ega, Neil Wilson Publishing<

ISBN: 1897784880

Oscar Slater, a disreptuable German immigrant, living on the fringe of the Glaswegian underworld and off the proceeds of gambling and prostitution, was sentenced to death in 1909 for the … Mehr…

Oscar Slater, a disreptuable German immigrant, living on the fringe of the Glaswegian underworld and off the proceeds of gambling and prostitution, was sentenced to death in 1909 for the brutal murder of Marion Gilchrist, a rich spinster who lived with a secret hoard of precious jewels hidden in her wardrobe in Edwardian Glasgow's fashionable West Princes Street. Slater, travelling with his mistress under a false name, was tracked down and arrested in New York. Extradited and tried in Edinburgh, he actually heard the gallows being erected for him, but was repreieved at the 11th hour and spent the next 18 years in the granite fortress of Peterhead prison, ceaselessly protesting his innocence. biographies,criminology,fiction,politics and social sciences,social sciences,true accounts,true crime True Crime, Unknown Publisher<

2001, ISBN: 9781897784884

Neil Wilson Publishing, 03/29/2001. Paperback. Used; Acceptable., Neil Wilson Publishing, 03/29/2001

2001, ISBN: 9781897784884

Neil Wilson Publishing. Paperback. Used; Good. 03/29/2001, Neil Wilson Publishing